From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
| Class
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Malacostraca +
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| Common name is
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Tanner crab +
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| Documentation requested
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false +
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| Family
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Oregoniidae +
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| Genus
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Chionoecetes +
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| Order
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Decapoda +
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| Phylum
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Arthropoda +
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| Scientific name is
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Chionoecetes bairdi +
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| SpecificEpithet
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bairdi +
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| Summary
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The commercially important Tanner crab is … The commercially important Tanner crab is the target of a very large Alaska fishery. Juveniles are sometimes common in the low intertidal, however adults are typically encountered from 10 to 100 meters. It is common to find molts washed up in estuaries, as like many crabs these tend to molt at the same time. Closely related to the snow crab, ''Chionoecetes opilio'' (not found in SE Alaska), ''C. bairdi'' differs in having red eyes and the rostrum angles upward in profile. Where the two species co-occur in the Aleutians, hybrids are common.ccur in the Aleutians, hybrids are common. +
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species +
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Chionoecetes bairdi +
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| Categories |
Marine Invertebrate +
, Species +
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| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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11 March 2013 20:52:06 +
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| Has subobjectThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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Chionoecetes bairdi +
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